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Erskine and Fitzpatrick on surely. Storey has been embarrassing. Total lack of threat from the sides and we have rarely tried to go through the middle and just shoot.

Only bright spot of a poor half has been Sneddon’s composed performance. Very good with his feet. As regards general play, all that can be said is that Falkirk have been worse than us. Shot shyness turned into an art form.

We could play Falkirk every week in the canal side league. Barging is allowed.

Chris Erskine and Kris Doolan have both scored a good number of goals at Falkirk's ground. Indeed they have both scored a good number of goals against Falkirk at Firhill too. They both just love scoring against Falkirk. Time for Squiddy to reprise the Championship clincher of 6 seasons ago.

In terms of "in play" penalties (ie not in shoot outs), I think our record over the past few seasons had been pretty good until we missed our last 3 in a row. Sammon/Storey/Spittal. The answer may be not to nominate a penalty taker whose surname starts with S. No doubt Slater or Storer will take the next one. Before that Sammon had I think scored all his, as had Welsh. Even Stevie Lawless scored one against St Johnstone on NisbetNight. Aaron Muirhead missed only in the Challenge Cup Final, and had a good few to his name. The only other miss I recall over the last few seasons was one by Doolan against Inverness which did not matter as it was late on and we were already well ahead.

McLean & Lindau Tosh & Dunn??

Spittal more effective than usual. McGinty has improved hugely on last week. However defence has had to rely on an alert Slater to bail them out at least twice. Game could still go in any direction. Identity and timing of subs may be crucial.

Agreed. Disappointed by omission of Sneddon, McCarthy and Fitzpatrick.

I am hoping that it will be caught on the JagZone highlights and we might even get a slowed down action replay.

So many forward players out or doubtful. Surely Fitzpatrick has to start.

Not to mention the sad demise of Spangles.

We have become so accustomed to weeks of dismal defeat and the dreary trudge homeward that our victory on Saturday will be a huge shock to the system. I am not sure if we forumites (or even big forumites) will be able to adjust our mentality to this altered state of reality. I expect an outbreak of unusual and bizarre behaviour: Lady Isobel Barnett will go into a shop and actually buy something Auld Jag will leap out of his front row seat, send a steward flying, invade the pitch and swing on the bar Javeajag will smile BowenBoys will take money out of the club's coffers Garscube Road End will head home down Maryhill Road Sabbath will start a collection for a statue to honour Alan Archibald Norge will sing the Swedish national anthem Eljaggo will predict a score correctly Barney Rubble will dance the tango with Fred Flintstone partickthe dog will make a sensible post without any aggravating word plays No one will blame anybody for anything

Right backs are available!

Slater slated.

Whatever we may disagree on, I am sure that we will all be as one in saying that the only bright spark momentarily flaring through the Cappielow dreich and gloom was the powering header that Brice Ntambwe planted in the roof of the Morton net. Just prior to that Ntambwe had cheaply surrendered possession in his own half and we nearly lost a goal in similar manner to the one he donated to Inverness. When a defensive player is an obvious liability, what do we do? Step forward, master tactician Dick Campbell. Move the player as as far away from his own goal posts as you can. Make him a striker. That stroke of genius with Jukka Santala enabled a badly misfiring team with a dysfunctional goalkeeper (Colin Stewart) somehow to stay in touch with the top half of the table and eventually scramble a fortuitous promotion. Is this a Brice worth playing? Could the big man bag a few goals for himself and generally rumble up the opposing defence, creating space and opportunities from which the likes of Doolan and Quitongo could also benefit? Please do not take this proposal too seriously, but you never know, this could be the start of something. From a grain of Brice, a mighty forest may grow.

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Not to mention the rubbish tannoy, unintelligible in the North Stand. Not a huge loss perhaps, but it would be nice to know who the half-time guest was.

Kevin Nisbet 13 goals in 16 games for Raith Rovers this season. That is an amazing transformation. Could Knightswood Jag drive to Kirkcaldy and bring Kevin back?

Caldwell and the club maintaining a Sphinx like silence on that one.

Both their goals well taken but weak defending down Christie’s wing and Bell not looking too clever. Brilliant bullet header for Ntambwe’s goal then for some reason we did not try the same again. All short or low corners.

Not necessarily. With the conditions such as they are, especially the wind, every possibility of more goals. Who for is the question.

I was going to take along my pet sardine, but she complained about the crush.

Just wish people would stick to the topic.

I liked Quitongo's spirit in his JagZone interview, Without losing the head a la Storer, the team has to be more passionate and fired up. There was a period round about the hour mark last Saturday when the players seemed to raise the intensity levels. That was our best spell in the match and also got the fans engaged. This should be a general rule, not a 5 minute exception. Quitongo will no doubt take a fair amount of stick from the home support and if he can get stuck in and influence the game, others may follow.

You ask yourself the question, "Why is Blair Spittal still on the pitch?" and the answer most of us would give is "He's not playing all that well but there's always the chance we'll be awarded a free kick 25 yards out". Then we are handed a free kick in just the right spot and he is nowhere near taking it. We all know he has the ability to put it powerfully into the top corner. Even if he can only do this 1 out of 5, that is a 20% chance of scoring. It was obvious that Slater was going to try a slow lobby effort that was never going to score. Even if perfectly placed, the keeper would have time to get there. So perhaps a 2% chance of scoring if the keeper fell over his feet or fluffed the save. I don't get it. If Spittal is not going to take free kicks round the box, why is he in the team?